Consultants Knew About Cladding Risk, Grenfell Inquiry Hears

Emails that appear to show the architect, contractor, facade specialist and fire engineer working on the refurbishment of Grenfell Tower knew that the cladding would fail in the event of a fire have been published by the public inquiry. They were contained in evidence submitted by insulation manufacturer Celotex as it sought to argue that the designers, contractor and consultants involved in the refurbishment bore responsibility for the performance of the cladding system in the blaze. They include an internal mail which says: “There is no point in ‘fire stopping’, as we all know; the ACM will be gone rather quickly in a fire!” Read more on the Housing Today website.

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